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From this: To this, in just one week: I'm pretty sure that is the biggest headline ever in the Adams County Record. And well it should be. Just a week after the paper announced on November 29,  "This is the final issue of the Adams County Record," because its corporate owner was shutting it down, … Continue reading “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”

A note from Lillian and Jim on this sad day. Our hearts are broken today as we have had to say goodbye to our beloved Lizzie, our adorable Springer Spaniel, on this sad, dark day. We pause to write this homage to her and to give thanks for all the joy she brought to our … Continue reading Good-bye, Lizzie.

“It’s been a nice warm week with a high of 57 degrees on Sunday, Looks like more cold winter weather is headed this way, so we better enjoy the balmy days. “There were more replacement surgeries this week. Ron Jenson and Kelly Britton got new hips on Monday and Ron Floyd got a new knee. … Continue reading An Angel Named Jill

Yesterday I posted a story here about the financial woes of Meridian Energy Group, triggered by the filing last week of a huge construction lien against the company by one of its contractors. There were some things in it I just couldn’t figure out, and I probably should have held off for a day or … Continue reading Refinery Company Slapped With $2,187,973.85 Lien For Non-Payment Of Bills

 It’s a typical November morning at the Bismarck home of Jackie Stebbins, her husband Sean Arithson, and their kids, Kennedy, 7, and Kirby, 5.  Dad gets up, gets dressed, eats breakfast, and heads off to work. Mom gets the kids ready for the day, feeds them breakfast, gets one off to school, the other to … Continue reading “The Lawyer Who Wasn’t Crazy” – Jackie Stebbins’ Thanksgiving Story

The three North Dakota Public Service Commissioners went to Emmons County last week to hold a public hearing. Emmons County is where the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL, in the vernacular) Company plans to build a big station to boost the capacity of their still-controversial pipeline hauling oil from North Dakota to out-of-state refineries. The PSC … Continue reading Pipelines Leak

It looks like Wylie Bice is going to have to write a check for $30,000 to the United States Government and tuck away $100,000 in a bond bank somewhere as his penalty for building an illegal bridge on public land in the Bad Lands. (If you’re not familiar with this story, here’s the background.) Those … Continue reading A $30,000 Check And A $100,000 Bond

Here's part of an article which appears in the November issue of Dakota Country magazine, on the news stands now. “If we find the moral courage to save the Little Missouri River valley today we will congratulate ourselves 100 years from now, just as we congratulate Theodore Roosevelt for bucking the industrial zeitgeist a hundred … Continue reading ‘Do What You Want, But Stay Off Of My Little Mo’

I wasn’t going to write about drug prices again because I like my pharmacist, and don’t want to create any ill will toward him or Bismarck-Mandan pharmacists in general. Our pharmacists are not to blame for the outrageous behavior in the prescription drug business. They’re simply retailers, pawns in the big game of chess being … Continue reading Taking Care Of My Eyes, One Canadian Drop At A Time

“It’s like working on a health time bomb, we are the guinea pigs for the largest condensate spill in U.S. history. I am glad I got out but feel sorry for workers still there.” Those are the words of Paul Lehto, the man who's publicly blowing the whistle on what is proving to be one of the largest … Continue reading A ‘Health Time Bomb’ In North Dakota’s Oil Patch